Brian Hurt wrote: >On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 smac at visi.com wrote: > > > > > > > > >The other thing to do to prevent your house from being broken into: get a >security alarm and/or a big dog. People go into house robbery because >it's a low risk/high reward form of crime. They're furniture movers >seduced by the dark side. It doesn't matter that the security system is >nothing more than a sign planted in the front yard, or that the large dog >is a complete wuss who is more likely to cower in the closet than attack >the burglars- they might *not* be. You've just made your house too risky >to rob. > >It's impossible to make it impossible to rob your house- any security >system can be worked around. It's fairly easy to make your house not >worth the trouble to rob. This is the secret to all security, house, >computer, and otherwise. > >Brian > > > >I like your reasoning and agree with your large Dog idea. I live in a rural area, and we have diffrerent issues. However a 150 lb German Shepard standing on the couch and snarling out the front window seems to be enough. Truth be known he's more a lover then a fighter, but he does bark and growl at everyone, and there isn't anyone that has cared to test him yet! Only problem I have with him is that he likes vehicles, and after he's woofed at the UPS man, if I don't yell at him he'll get into the truck to go for a ride:) > > RS -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.290 / Virus Database: 265.4.4 - Release Date: 11/30/2004 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list